Jim Johnson News

Houston Grand Opera opened their Winter Repertory offerings with an impressive and rousing production of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's iconic book musical SHOW BOAT. The musical historically changed the face of American Musical Theatre and introduced a genre of entertainment that many feel OKLAHOMA perfected and solidified. Despite it's classification as a musical, the show's score is incredibly operatic and requires many classically trained voices to effectively pull off a production.

Opening tonight, November 24, at the Addison Theatre and Conference Center is WaterTower Theatre's production of It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY by Joe Landry runs through December 16, 2012, directed by Mark Fleischer. Get a first look at the production below!

Opening this weekend at the Addison Theatre and Conference Center is WaterTower Theatre's production of It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play - tonight, November 24 at 8 pm.

Opening this weekend at the Addison Theatre and Conference Center is WaterTower Theatre's production of It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play - Saturday, November 24 at 8 pm.

Director Jim Johnson, Linde Stern, and Jeannie Saulnier bring the Brewster sisters and their deadly drinks to riotous life at Susquehanna Stage Co.

Classical Theatre Company (CTC) is opening its 5th season with August Strindberg's seminal drama, MISS JULIE. Comfortably at home in their new performance space, Studio 101 at Spring Street Studios, CTC's production of this taught and intense drama is a fantastic miasma of contemporary social issues, showing that while we've made progress in some aspects, some things are remain relatively unchanged since 1888.

WaterTower Theatre today announced casting details for its holiday show, It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play. The ensemble cast, directed by Mark Fleischer, features Jessica Cavanagh (last appeared at WaterTower Theatre in August: Osage Country), Matt Moore (last appeared at WTT in The Lieutenant of Inishmore), Jim Johnson (last appeared at WTT in The Great American Trailer Park Musical), Lydia MacKay (last appeared at WTT in As You Like It) and B.J. Cleveland, who makes his WTT stage debut in this production.

Prospect Theater Project and The Gallo Center for the Arts are joining again to bring John Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath, to the Gallo Center stage tonight, May 4 and May 5 and May 9-13. The performance of the classic story follows the partnering organizations highly successful production ofTo Kill A Mockingbird which played at the Gallo Center in the 2010/2011 season.

A previously announced event at the Gallo Center for the Arts has taken on added star power with the news that performers from the Fox Television hit "Glee" will be appearing. The television show's casting director Robert Ulrich of Modesto, and his wife, actress Kim Johnston-Ulrich of Ripon, are to be honored in April at a "Hometown Heroes" event, a continuing series at the Gallo Center that salutes area residents who have achieved national success in their fields.

The Boy Who Cried Bully, a theatrical performance designed to address the sensitive topic of bullying, will be shown on Wednesday, April 25 at 7:00 PM. This is the public performance of the Center's 2011/2012 traveling production that has been shown throughout various elementary schools in Stanislaus, San Joaquin, Tuolumne and Merced counties since October 2011.

Prospect Theater Project and The Gallo Center for the Arts are joining again to bring John Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath, to the Gallo Center stage May 4-5 and 9-13. The performance of the classic story follows the partnering organizations highly successful production ofTo Kill A Mockingbird which played at the Gallo Center in the 2010/2011 season.

Uptown Players presents its 10th annual fundraiser Broadway Our Way: A Decade of Divas, running through March 25, 2012 at the Kalita Humphreys Theater.

The Boy Who Cried Bully, a theatrical performance designed to address the sensitive topic of bullying, will be shown on Wednesday, April 25 at 7:00 PM. This is the public performance of the Center's 2011/2012 traveling production that has been shown throughout various elementary schools in Stanislaus, San Joaquin, Tuolumne and Merced counties since October 2011.

Uptown Players presents its 10th annual fundraiser Broadway Our Way: A Decade of Divas, running March 16 - 25, 2012 at the Kalita Humphreys Theater.

A previously announced event at the Gallo Center for the Arts has taken on added star power with the news that performers from the Fox Television hit "Glee" will be appearing. The television show's casting director Robert Ulrich of Modesto, and his wife, actress Kim Johnston-Ulrich of Ripon, are to be honored in April at a "Hometown Heroes" event, a continuing series at the Gallo Center that salutes area residents who have achieved national success in their fields.

Uptown Players presents its 10th annual fundraiser Broadway Our Way: A Decade of Divas, running March 16 - 25, 2012 at the Kalita Humphreys Theater.

A darkly humorous look at life, death, mental illness, and family, Marvin's Room is the story of two estranged sisters who are reunited when one of them needs the family to be tested for a bone marrow donation. 1992 Drama Desk Award for Best Play.

A darkly humorous look at life, death, mental illness, and family, Marvin's Room is the story of two estranged sisters who are reunited when one of them needs the family to be tested for a bone marrow donation. 1992 Drama Desk Award for Best Play.

Circle Theatre's 30th Anniversary Season continues with the Southwest premiere of Seven in One Blow, or The Brave Little Kid, an adapted children's play conceived and written by Randy Sharp and Axis Company. When Seven in One Blow first premiered in 2002, The New York Times wrote, 'As the brave little kid triumphs over an ogre, a witch, selfish royalty and a monster, the audience learns not to judge anything by its appearance, from parents to peas.' Circle Theatre's production officially opened Saturday evening, November 19 at 7:30pm.

Circle Theatre's 30th Anniversary Season continues with the Southwest premiere of Seven in One Blow, or The Brave Little Kid, an adapted children's play conceived and written by Randy Sharp and Axis Company.